What is the religious ruling on the works of Ibn Rushd, and is he considered to be from the Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah?

Ibn Rushd (Averroes) refers to two well-known figures: the grandfather, who was a Maliki jurist and hadith scholar, and the grandson, who was the famous philosopher.

Ibn Rushd the grandson, Abū al-Walīd Muhammad ibn Ahmad, was a philosopher influenced by Greek philosophy, especially Aristotle. He authored many works in philosophy, medicine, and jurisprudence.

Imam Al-Dhahabi and Ibn Taymiyyah criticized him, and Ibn Taymiyyah described him as "one who greatly reveres philosophers" and counted him among the followers of Aristotle.

Ibn Rushd the grandson had responded to Imam Al-Ghazali in his book Tahāfut al-Tahāfut (The Incoherence of the Incoherence), defending the philosophers, after Al-Ghazali had authored Tahāfut al-Falāsifah (The Incoherence of the Philosophers).

Despite Ibn Rushd the grandson's knowledge of jurisprudence, his creed was not satisfactory, and he deviated from the methodology of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamāʿah, being influenced by the philosophers.